Which of these is NOT a direct human impact on the environment?

Increase in color change and death of leaves from Sept-Nov.

What is the biggest reason to protect water in Salinas Valley?

It produces almost 40% of the U.S.'s fruits and vegetables

What is the relationship between natural resource use and land quality?

As more resources are used, land quality decreases

Why do organisms change over time?

Those with the most helpful traits have babies that do too

What is the relationship between human population and natural resources

As population increases, natural resources decrease

What is NOT credible evidence?

The earth is flat because someone said it on the internet

What can fossils tell you about the surface of the earth?

What animals lived during certain time periods

Which is/are evidence of common ancestry?

Similar bone structures, Similar DNA, Similar embryo development

You can tell the age of fossils because...

The oldest fossils can be found at the bottom of the dig

If we're descended from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?

We AREN'T descended from monkeys. We share a common ancestor

What DOES NOT WORK to connect a current organism to its common ancestor?

By comparing the environments of the organisms

How can groundwater become polluted?

Pollutants on the ground seeping through the soil.

Which most accurately describes the relationship of Carbon Dioxide & Temperature?

The more CO2 the higher the temperature.

Which organisms do NOT having an amniotic egg?

Sharks, Ray finned fish, amphibians

Human impact can be described as

The influence humans have on the environment

Why is groundwater so clean?

The rocks, sand, soil mixtures of the earth filter the water

Which is NOT a way we have learned about organisms that lived in the past?

Burning fossil fuels and examining their carbon output

Claims are written as

I believe that ____ because ___

Which is NOT a water resource issue?

Water evaporates into the clouds in the water cycle

Which event occurred first?

Earth forms from the planetary nebula

If there are 4 tacos per capita in Ms. Aesir and Ms. Vigil's class that means...

There are 4 tacos for each person in Ms. Aesir and Ms. Vigil's class

Why is it important to cite your sources?

So you don't take credit for someone else's work (plagiarism = 0)

What is comparative anatomy?

When scientists compare the body structure of organisms to see similarities

How would you describe how human populations have changed over time?

Human populations have increased quickly over time

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1
Which of these is NOT a direct human impact on the environment?
Increase in color change and death of leaves from Sept-Nov.
Contamination of groundwater by fracking
Air pollution from cars
Destruction of land through mining
2
What is the biggest reason to protect water in Salinas Valley?
Because of groundwater recharge
Because it is also cattle grazing land
It produces almost 40% of the U.S.'s fruits and vegetables
Because of salt water intrusion
3
Are Earth's natural resources limited or unlimited?
Limited
Unlimited
4
What is the relationship between natural resource use and land quality?
As more resources are used, land quality increases
There is no relationship between the two
As more resources are used, land quality stays the same
As more resources are used, land quality decreases
5
The mixture of chemicals into surrounding waters in their environment is called
Dirtwater
Runaway chemicals
Wastewater
Runoff
6
Embryology is the study of
developing organisms
embers and fire development
bryozoans and how they develop
how closely related organisms are by their bones
7
Why do organisms change over time?
Those with the least helpful traits have babies that do too
Those with the least helpful traits have too many babies
Those with the most helpful traits have babies that do too
Those with the most helpful traits don't have babies
8
What is the relationship between human population and natural resources
As population increases, natural resources increase
There is no relationship between the two
As population increases, natural resources decrease
As populations increase, natural resources stay the same
9
What is the official term of a past organism that two or more current organisms are related to?
Distant relative
Common Ancestor
Grandma
Previous organism
10
What is NOT credible evidence?
The earth is round because that's how gravity forms objects
The earth is round because scientists have measured it
The earth is flat because someone said it on the internet
The earth is round because scientists have observed it
11
Which is NOT a water quality issue?
Ocean plastic pollution
Saltwater Intrusion of Aquifers
Ozone Loss
Overfishing
12
What can fossils tell you about the surface of the earth?
What animals lived during certain time periods
Fossils can't tell you anything since they're not alive
How the earth was formed
13
Which is/are evidence of common ancestry?
Similar hair/coat color
Similar bone structures
Similar DNA
Similar embryo development
14
If all of history were put on a calendar, what would be right now, this exact moment?
January 1, 12:00:00
July 23 12:00:00
December 31, 11:59:59
October 31, 11:59:59
15
Which fossil is the youngest?
Trilobites
Dinosaurs
Mammals
Fishes
16
You can tell the age of fossils because...
The youngest fossils can be found at the bottom of the dig
The oldest fossils can be found at the top of the dig
The oldest fossils can be found at the bottom of the dig
You can't tell the age of the fossils by their depth
17
Which is NOT a way of determining common ancestry?
Comparing Anatomy
Comparing DNA
Comparing Mythology
Comparing Embryology
18
The language we use for a hypothesis is
I hypothesize that __
If __ then __ because __
If __ then __
I believe that __ because __
19
If we're descended from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?
There is no other response to this question.
We AREN'T descended from monkeys. We share a common ancestor
20
What DOES NOT WORK to connect a current organism to its common ancestor?
By comparing the DNA of the organisms
By comparing the environments of the organisms
By comparing the structures of the organisms
By comparing the embryos of the organisms
21
Why is the Salinas River threatened?
Pesticides, sediment, and salt
We are taking too many fish
We are taking too much water
It's not threatened
22
How can groundwater become polluted?
Pollutants on the ground seeping through the soil.
Atmospheric deposition.
People throwing trash on the ground.
Oil spills in the ocean.
23
Which most accurately describes the relationship of Carbon Dioxide & Temperature?
The less CO2 the higher the temperature.
Carbon dioxide is dangerous and will kill every living thing
The more CO2 the higher the temperature.
There is no relationship
24
Which organisms do NOT having an amniotic egg?
Crocodiles, rodents/rabbits
Birds, amphibians, crocodiles
Sharks, Ray finned fish, amphibians
Sharks, primates
25
Which is not a way to reduce your carbon footprint?
Walk more
Carpool more
Bike more
Drive more
26
Human impact can be described as
The pressure felt when one human collides with another human
The influence humans have on the environment
How humans influence other humans to make decisions
The influence the environment has on humans
27
What do sharks, amphibians, primates, and crocodiles all have in common?
Four limbs
Amniotic egg
Vertebrae
Bony Skeleton
28
Why is groundwater so clean?
It's closer to the Earth's core and heat steralizes it.
It's harder to contaminate the ground than it is rivers
Soapstone in the earth cleans it because... soap
The rocks, sand, soil mixtures of the earth filter the water
29
Which is NOT a way we have learned about organisms that lived in the past?
Using relative dating in sediment layers to compare years
Using radioactive dating to learn when something lived
Burning fossil fuels and examining their carbon output
Looking at the fossil record to see what species were alive
30
Claims are written as
Supporting evidence for ___ is ___
If ___ then ___ because ___
I believe that ____ because ___
This is important because ___
31
An area of water connected through rivers, streams, lakes, and the ocean is called a
Waterapartmentcomplex
Watercabin
Waterhouse
Watershed
32
What can we NOT learn from fossils?
What the organism sounded like
Where an organisms lived
When an organism was alive
What that organism ate
33
This year in the human impacts unit, we developed solutions to all of the following except
Water quality issues
Land quality issues
Poverty issues
Air quality issues
34
Which is NOT a water resource issue?
Water evaporates into the clouds in the water cycle
Too much water is being used to put out the Soberanes Fire
Salt water from the ocean mixes with water from aquifers
Water becomes polluted with chemical runoff from farmlands
35
The age of the Earth is
4.6 trillion years
4.6 zillion years
4.6 million years
4.6 billion years
36
Which event occurred first?
Earth forms from the planetary nebula
first flowering plants
oldest direct human ancestor
The origin of life; the first cells
37
If there are 4 tacos per capita in Ms. Aesir and Ms. Vigil's class that means...
There are 4 Ms. Aesir and Ms. Vigilss per taco in class
There are 4 tacos for all the people in Ms. Aesir and Ms. Vigil's class
There are 4 tacos for each person in Ms. Aesir and Ms. Vigil's class
There is 1 taco for 4 people in Ms. Aesir and Ms. Vigil's class
38
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
The chicken
The egg
39
When organisms change over multiple generations we call it
Evolution
Expansion
Witchcraft
Transformation
40
Why is it important to cite your sources?
So you don't take credit for someone else's work (plagiarism = 0)
It isn't important to give credit to people for their work.
41
Deforestation will lead to more oxygen given out to the environment.
False
True
42
35% of the world gets their drinking water from this source
Groundwater
The Polar Ice Caps
Dasani
The Ocean
43
Which has the lowest air quality?
Berlin
China
San Jose
Japan
44
What is comparative anatomy?
When scientists use carbon to find the age of a fossil
When scientists compare the embryos of organisms to see similarities
When scientists compare the body structure of organisms to see similarities
When scientists compare the layers of the earth to find the age of a fossil
45
How would you describe how human populations have changed over time?
Human populations have increased quickly over time
Human populations have decreased quickly over time
Human populations have decreased slowly over time
Human populations have increased slowly over time
46
Which stakeholder has the largest impact on water quality?
Homeowners
Big Businesses
Farms
Local Businesses
47
Which fossil is the oldest?
Dinosaurs
Mammals
Trilobites
Fishes
48
Timelines (geologic, cosmic, etc.) can describe all true events except
The landing of humans on the moon
Which large geologic event happened when
The emergence of humans on earth
How organisms evolve

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